��Korea offers global test bed for new businesses��
Korean consumers are choosy in product and service selection and fast-changing in preferences, offering foreign businesses a chance to use the marke..

Economics of gold medals
Wherever Korea��s Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan goes, three men follow him like his shadow.

Big data 2.0
Big data is evolving fast. After replacing cloud computing of late to become the most frequently touted buzzword in the information-technology world..

Central bank likely to cut rate further
With unfavorable economic conditions at home and abroad, the Korean economy has recently performed poorly in terms of both exports and domestic dema..

Who is Cheong Mun-kuk?
Cheong Mun-kuk is the first Korean president and CEO of Allianz Life Insurance Korea, the Seoulbased subsidiary of the global giant insurance group ..

Two faces of secret-for-pardon policy
Is a carrot doing its magic again? The Fair Trade Commission (FTC), the anti-trust watchdog, is investigating if financial institutions fixed in col..

Desperation can be secret of success
When people are desperate, they sometimes do extraordinary things.

Iron hand in velvet glove
When Ryu Sang-ho was appointed chief executive officer at Korea Investment & Securities in March 2007 at the age of 47, he was the youngest among th..

Financial firms' globalization must go on
Nineteen Korean brokerages recorded a combined total of $100 million in losses in 14 nations over the fiscal year ending in March. Even Samsung S..

Who is Han Duck-soo?
Han Duck-soo, chairman of Korea International Trade Association (KITA), is widely regarded as Korea��s leading proponent of free trade. In fact, he ..